The lawyer representing a former Biddeford police sergeant accused of sexual abuse has dropped his client.Video: Lawyer drops former Biddeford police sergeantGene Libby said Wednesday he is no longer representing former Sgt. Stephen Dodd. Dodd has been accused of sexual abuse at several city meetings."We can confirm that this firm is no longer able to represent Mr. Dodd due to our firm's obligations under the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct governing attorneys,” Libby said.Libby would not elaborate on a reason, due to attorney-client privilege.WMTW News 8 has reached out to Dodd several times and has not heard back.Meanwhile, former Biddeford Police Detective Terry Davis has filed his response to the defamation lawsuit Libby's firm filed on behalf of retired police Capt. Norman Gaudette.The suit claims that allegedly false statements made by Davis about the investigation of sexual abuse allegations against Gaudette in 1990 and 1991 are defamatory.In his response, Davis denies the allegations against him, writing in court documents that statements “were true” and that they “were constitutionally protected statements of opinion” protected by the First Amendment.A trial in that defamation case could start as early as March 2016.A letter from the Maine Attorney General’s Office to WMTW News 8's David Charns, sent April 30, confirmed that the office is investigating an allegation that a former Biddeford police officer sexually assaulted a teenage boy in the late 1990s. The attorney general's office would not name the officer involved or identify the alleged victim. The attorney general's office has said the investigation is ongoing.Neither Dodd nor Gaudette have ever been charged.Like WMTW on Facebook | Follow WMTW on Twitter | Download the WMTW App

BIDDEFORD, Maine —

The lawyer representing a former Biddeford police sergeant accused of sexual abuse has dropped his client.

The suit claims that allegedly false statements made by Davis about the investigation of sexual abuse allegations against Gaudette in 1990 and 1991 are defamatory.

In his response, Davis denies the allegations against him, writing in court documents that statements “were true” and that they “were constitutionally protected statements of opinion” protected by the First Amendment.

A trial in that defamation case could start as early as March 2016.

A letter from the Maine Attorney General’s Office to WMTW News 8's David Charns, sent April 30, confirmed that the office is investigating an allegation that a former Biddeford police officer sexually assaulted a teenage boy in the late 1990s. The attorney general's office would not name the officer involved or identify the alleged victim. The attorney general's office has said the investigation is ongoing.